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[RatHawk]

The Crashbars are being built beginning tomorrow!  If you want in now is the best time!  The quantity to be made at the moment is unlimited but much after 05-28-13 you'll be on your own again...  We have at least ten of the Renntec bars being built and they'll be ready and delivered in about a month's time to each buyer individually.  They are $83 plus shipping!

[RatHawk]

Tuesday's Gone with the Wind... Hannah has finalized the order thusly:  

Ten bars are being made as I type this.  I currently own four of the bars being made.  I did this in the hopes that others would come forth in the coming weeks to claim three of them for themselves via orders placed directly with Renntec for TDM850 crashbars.  I also did this so those who had expressed interest would not have to wait forever to receive these crashbars because it was taking a while to get ten folks on the order book.   If nobody wants them I'll be listing three of them for sale on ebay I guess...  If they wind up in my mailbox late June and listed for sale on ebay they'll be for sale to US buyers only though so if you are in the rest of the world now's your best chance to get these bars sent to you direct from Renntec with the rest of the initial orders.  EMAIL:info@renntec.co.uk and include "TDM850 crashbar group" in your subject line.

 

So the bottom line today is this:

If you just tuned in GREAT! There are three crashbars waiting for you at Renntec!  Join the party!  Place your order with Hannah and you'll get your bars in three or four weeks.

 

Once again y'all Thank you very much for coming together to get this group buy going. 

[RatHawk]

So here's another update on the crashbars at Renntec as of y'day.  One set of bars is apparently still available for someone to snap up.  As it turns out just telling Hannah eff it, I'll buy the rest of them myself got a bunch of you folks moving.  I'd guess that was because the wait for ten buyers was not an issue anymore.  Flip side of that executive action is that if you aren't one of these ten folks who ponied up you are probably skeerooed til we can muster another ten.  Now we must wait for the pipebenders...

 

From Hannah:

 

Hi Alan,
We're probably looking 3-4 weeks for these Engine Bars.
I beleive from my Job List from production they are having their first cut at
the moment but I will get an update later this afternoon to make sure they are
still being prioritised.
I do have 9 official orders now including yours, so only one set left spare.
Kind Regards
Hannah

Renntec 65-69 Azura Close, Three

Legged Cross, Dorset, BH21 6SZ, 01202 826722 Find us on Facebook

On 04/06/2013 22:04

[RatHawk]

BARS ARE READY FOR SHIPMENT  -  Two Sets Left at Renntec for Purchase!  Get your order into Hanna at Renntec this weekend!

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If you're in on this buy you should be hearing from Hannah the last few days.  Bars are shipping to those who've paid up.  I think Two sets remain on hand for purchase direct from Hannah at Renntec.  The leftover sets will be shipped to me in the US of A next week some time if nobody claims them.  I will then be trying to resell them here but that makes them more money for a Euro buyer since they'll have to take another trip across the pond.  If you're hedging your bets on me selling them to you stateside once I have them in my possession now's a good time to come forward via PM or whatever.  Looks like I may have two sets of Renntec TDM850 CrashBars for sale...

[RatHawk]

My bash guards are on the way  along with two more spare sets of bars nobody's yet purchased!  Took a leap of faith on that one! 

So I have two, maybe only one, set(s) of these Renntec Crash Bars immediately available for sale.  It looks like the price will be $150 plus shipping stateside. That price is the bars plus a third of the shipping (three bars in the box) from the UK.  Their shipping costs are ridick!

 

I think USPS priority stateside to anywhere contiguous will only be another $15 plus or minus...  Release the Funds Y'all!    PM me and I'll nail down your set of bars!

 

And in case anybody's in Western NC this weekend I'll be up there at my favorite place: Deals Gap.    Neener, neener, neener!

[LewisBlackburn]

got mine today.

 

Think you deserve a really big thanks as none of this would have happened without you. My dads mega pleased with his. 

 

And 

Just realised you're in florida, and only about a hundred miles for my grandmother-in-law   !

[RatHawk]

Smiles everyone.... Smiles...

[AliG]

got mine today.

 

Think you deserve a really big thanks as none of this would have happened without you. My dads mega pleased with his. 

 

And 

Just realised you're in florida, and only about a hundred miles for my grandmother-in-law   !

 

Yup,

Mine were waiting for me when I got back from Ireland yesterday. Now to see how to fit them!!! They need to be on for Germany next month. I need a mounting place for the extra tool tubes I got.

Ali

Edited by AliG, 19 June 2013 - 09:30 am.

[mh1848]

My bash guards are on the way  along with two more spare sets of bars nobody's yet purchased!  Took a leap of faith on that one! 

So I have two, maybe only one, set(s) of these Renntec Crash Bars immediately available for sale.  It looks like the price will be $150 plus shipping stateside. That price is the bars plus a third of the shipping (three bars in the box) from the UK.  Their shipping costs are ridick!

 

I think USPS priority stateside to anywhere contiguous will only be another $15 plus or minus...  Release the Funds Y'all!    PM me and I'll nail down your set of bars!

 

And in case anybody's in Western NC this weekend I'll be up there at my favorite place: Deals Gap.    Neener, neener, neener!

Mine arrived beginning of the week

[AliG]

Yup,

Mine were waiting for me when I got back from Ireland yesterday. Now to see how to fit them!!! They need to be on for Germany next month. I need a mounting place for the extra tool tubes I got.

Ali

 

Fitted mine this evening. Will take some pics at the weekend but I am happy. As previously advised, they are tight to the top radiator hose, but nothing to worry about.

Ali

[aeldk5g]

Got mine today and will have them mounted over the weekend.

 

Big Thanks again to Alan for coordinating our buy with Renntec!!!

[LDRider]

Yep, mine were shipped last week (will receive them when I return from travel).  Well done organizing all this RH.

[AliG]

Fitted mine this evening. Will take some pics at the weekend but I am happy. As previously advised, they are tight to the top radiator hose, but nothing to worry about.

Ali

 

As promised, here are pics of engine bars on the MK2. As previously mentioned, when fitting MK1 Renntecs on a MK2, the top radiator hose is slightly flattened, but there is clearly plenty flow.

Ali

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[starkmojo]

Got mine on the MK1 yesterday... a couple of things.

 

Both of the small screws on the bottom of my oil pan are in bad shape. does anyone have the spec on them? I am not sure the ones there are the right ones as they bottom out before tightening down the pan.

 

On the lower bars I didnt need the 5mm spacers- I just left the rubber grommets in place and she was tighter than my prom date. I guess I could have bent the bars out to accept the spacers but why?

 

Speaking of the lower bars is there a max torque spec for that? I had to crank on em pretty good to get the nylon washes on the top of the bolts to engage. The stock piece has no torque on it. . . It was nice of them to include a quality through bolt though.

 

What was the torque supposed to be on the engine mounts? mine were so tight I bent an allen wrench all to hell getting them off. I have the new ones on tight- but not that tight till I can get a torque spec.

 

I have to say they look bad effing arse though. Just cant run them till I get the torque wrench out.

 

Thanks to all the people who worked so hard to make this happen!

[RatHawk]

Well I got mine in the mail yesterday and they look great! Thank you everyone who got involved with this! I got the crashbars I wanted because of you.

Small detail though. I wound up with an extra pair still so message me if you want them...

[TDMick]

Well I got mine in the mail yesterday and they look great! Thank you everyone who got involved with this! I got the crashbars I wanted because of you.

Small detail though. I wound up with an extra pair still so message me if you want them...

Well done yourself

[danceswithmopeds]

Buy another TDM, simples.

[clocklaw]

I am interested in the RatHawk....I was late to the order party but have cash burning a hole in my pocket!

 

G

Well I got mine in the mail yesterday and they look great! Thank you everyone who got involved with this! I got the crashbars I wanted because of you.

Small detail though. I wound up with an extra pair still so message me if you want them...

[clocklaw]

With an interest to move this along......please take a look here http://www.carpe-tdm...showtopic=28417 if you are interested in being a part of the next batch!

[RatHawk]

GO Clocklaw!!!